They seem to have issues with the entire team not just her.
I always enjoy it when posters tout their intramural sports careers at RU, as if that’s some type of sports achievement.
and since I have the time and I know for that some reason, many here just take you at your word vs reality. I went ahead and did the research. You said nobody could have known she would play this poorly. you said up until recently she played well. These are both false statements. In fact, her playing time has become less and less since the olympics in 2021. Here is the actual stats(I won't include the WC as it was just on) from
She's a very polarizing figure, I also think her advocating for transgenders playing with women before the tournament was ill-advised. That wasn't the time for it, she wasn't thinking about the team when she did that.
I am interested in exactly who the actual players are and what they did that made them unlikeable.
I disagree with her on that issue, but it does not get me all up in arms and result in hating the entire team.
Yes, THAT is the point. I mean if she stop being so polarizing then you might get your political-free thread.
It's not the first time people have hated teams because of one player. It's not something new.
to be fair Rapino put herself in that position. She made the game about politics and then stunk. If you are going to put yourself on the stage better be ready to play and take the criticism.
I understand that but many her have made the point it is the team not one player.
There are rules about name calling as well, that hasn't stopped you from doing it repeatedly in this thread.
Nah. We can have it neither way. Which is what I do. I don't care what the players think, say or do outside of soccer. And I don't care if athletes sing the national anthem or not. Why should I care? It's not meaningful in my life. I ignore all that BS.
The very player many on here have criticized made it political saying she hates the Trump Administration. Pretty sure she is the face of Liberals , so there's that. I don't have to know her personally, nor care too I know her public statements, and she is a Liberal loser hating America for a variety of reasons, all stated publicly. Maybe 10 months in a Russian prison is the cure, we've already seen how that works out, lol.
I am neither for nor against it. It is an individual decision. I will say that if you have achieved a level of fame and success in life such that people care about what you have to say, you have every right to take advantage of that platform. And people have every right to respond accordingly, positively or negatively.
Nah. We can have it neither way. Which is what I do. I don't care what the players think, say or do outside of soccer. And I don't care if athletes sing the national anthem or not. Why should I care? It's not meaningful in my life. I ignore all that BS.
And nobody in this thread was talking about non-soccer stuff until the CE board obsessives came in to demonstrate just how deeply the USWNT players are in their heads. They seem to think they're making some kind of important point(s). Instead, all they're really doing is this:
"Oh nooooooooooos! The USWNT players have taken control of my brain. I can't stop from talking about what they think and do. They own me! Aiiiieeeeee!"
C'mon, be honest. It's hilariously ridiculous behavior for grown adults. Letting some athletes who don't even know you exist, probably along with some media telling you to be outraged, to wind you up like a toy and then send you chattering away on the internet. Such self control and independence of thought they're demonstrating.
I don't care what the USWNT says or does. That's correct.
You might not care what players say but you definitely care what we have to say about them.Nah. We can have it neither way. Which is what I do. I don't care what the players think, say or do outside of soccer. And I don't care if athletes sing the national anthem or not. Why should I care? It's not meaningful in my life. I ignore all that BS.
And nobody in this thread was talking about non-soccer stuff until the CE board obsessives came in to demonstrate just how deeply the USWNT players are in their heads. They seem to think they're making some kind of important point(s). Instead, all they're really doing is this:
"Oh nooooooooooos! The USWNT players have taken control of my brain. I can't stop from talking about what they think and do. They own me! Aiiiieeeeee!"
C'mon, be honest. It's hilariously ridiculous behavior for grown adults. Letting some athletes who don't even know you exist, probably along with some media telling you to be outraged, to wind you up like a toy and then send you chattering away on the internet. Such self control and independence of thought they're demonstrating.
How about this, you are playing for your country. Show a little respect, put your hand over your heart and sing the anthem. Yes, it's America you don't have to blah blah blah. You don't find it odd that we are the ONLY COUNTRY and THE ONLY TEAM that doesn't have 100% participation in singing. You see Jamaicans, Nigerians, etc crying during the anthem. But our team looks annoyed like they didn't even want to be out there. They are highest paid players in the world, our country has spent and will continue to spend more than any other country in the world on women's soccer. And they want to act like they are oppressed. Hell, Jamaica had to start a gofundme just to get there.
Of course, they say "skills and leadership" rather than "we're afraid of cutting her". Coach had a history of making the most of veteran players.. maybe he fooled himself with Rapinoe. All we know is the team played poorly until Sweden so something is clearly wrong.
Rapinoe started it? That's the argument? She started it?
then explain to me why we aren't discussing how Horan was horribly misused and cast as a left sided MF in the group stage, when she was much better off as a free roaming #10. and because of this, her free roaming spirit screwed up our spacing and ability to 1 - move the ball effectively in attack and 2 - defend in any organized manner
Unless you're brainwashed I could see how you might not see that.Rapinoe started it? That's the argument? She started it?
You've done an excellent job of highlighting the childishness of the people who are incapable of ignoring Rapinoe.
Waaaa, she said something I don't like. Waaaa. LOL
Might not see what?
When players inject their politics into sport it is open season on responding in kind. They like to say that is them using their platform.. well, message boards are the peoples' platform. So telling them (and their enablers) they are full of "it" in doing what they are doing is fair play.. especially when they play so poorly.Rapinoe started it? That's the argument? She started it?
You've done an excellent job of highlighting the childishness of the people who are incapable of ignoring Rapinoe.
Waaaa, she said something I don't like. Waaaa. LOL
What the holy hell are you talking about?
I don't think I've seen the team play at all since the last world cup until the Netherland's match. So it's impossible for me to knowledgeably form conclusions about some of that.
I watched the soccer matches. That's it.What the holy hell are you talking about?
